Ariel Brosh <ariel@atheist.org.il> wrote:
> I didn't notice you unsubscribed.
Hmmm. Must have been becuase of my high posting rate, eh?
> I think you can define functions as the result
> of exposing memetic concepts (such as vectors, etc) to new memes.
Errr. This isn't particulairly clear -- is that last word supposed to be
host? Otherwise a function is the result of exposing meme's to meme's --
which I guess does make some sense. Of course, functions result for any
said combination, not just by the exposition of memetic concepts...
> My point was that a memetically thinking system identifies
> new memes and reacts.
And this is why both Tim and I said that functions are the result of
"memetically thinking systems", i.e. hosts. (that, in fact, a host *IS*
these functions)
> ok, lambda calculation is something lisp'ish. It basically
> defines vectors while scalars and functions are the same type.
>
> Examples:
>
> true x y -> x
> false x y -> y
> if b x y -> b x y
> while f s -> s, if f while f s lambda
> for f t d s -> s, if (f - t) lambda for plus f d t s
Well, your initial sentence came through all right, but I have no idea what
the next part means -- are x and y vectors? Does the little arrow mean
"implies" or "is mapped to"? Anyway, I certainly have not learned lambda
calculations yet...
ERiC